The suit from 19 states and the District of Columbia contends that major restructuring has cut life-saving programs and put extra burden on states to pay for health crises.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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For the fourth day in a row, South Korea reports a triple-digit increase in cases.
Variables such as epidemiologic or social factors might be behind the weekly fluctuations in 6 nations.
A meta-analysis by Italian researchers published late last week in PLOS One shows that COVID-19 patients who have or are at risk for cardiovascular disease are more likely than others to develop cardiovascular complications and die from their infections.
Disparities were identified among racial/ethnic groups in 96% of analyzed counties.
In the Americas region yesterday, Brazil reported 60,091 COVID-19 cases, followed by the US with 51,443 and Colombia with 11,286.
Nearly a third of 730 parents said they probably or definitely will choose distance learning.
Standard, symptom-specific international disease codes lack sensitivity and have poor negative predictive value (NPV) for characteristic COVID-19 symptoms, which could skew conclusions derived from them, a cohort study published today in JAMA Network Open shows.
The southern half of the country continues to report the highest death tolls, which nationally may be higher than thought, based on new excess death estimates.
However, a top WHO official warned that calm waters doesn't mean the storm is over, and most of the world is still susceptible to the easily spreading virus.
A case report today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes three cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among workers at an Ohio food-processing facility.
